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Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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- Hermann Hesse
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- Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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